Deluxe Pente by Winning Moves Games USA Family Strategy Game of Capture Stones for 2 to 4 Players Ages 8

HISTORY This ingenious game was invented by Gary Gabrel while working as a dishwasher at a pizza place in Stillwater Oklahoma It went on to become one of the bestselling games at Parker Brother in the 1980s PLAYERS Pente is one of those rare awesome 2 player strategy games that is equally as awesome with 3 players or teams of 2 THE BOARD For those that remember the board is just like the original It is made of mouse pad like material and rolls up so it can easily go in a back pack THE PLAY Players take turns placing 1 stone on the board at a time The object is to simply get 5 in a row or to capture 5 sets of your opponents stones CAPTURE Often times its easier to capture your opponents stones than to get 5 in a row A capture happens when you surround 2 of your opponents stones on both sides